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'', and '' The Great''. He won a

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in 2020 for his work on the miniseries '' Hollywood''.

Life and career

Barr started studying music in

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, Japan at the age of four. He studied cello and English literature at

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. In 1996, Barr moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in composing film and television scores. One of his first jobs was working under the tutelage of

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on the films ''

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'' and ''

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''. After 8 months with Zimmer, Barr landed an agent and branched out on his own. Since then, Barr has scored a large array of feature films and TV series, including all episodes of HBO's series ''

''. In 2009, Barr co-wrote and produced a song with

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for FX's ''

'' called “It Must Be Done” and in 2005 Barr hired

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from

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to play guitar on his score for ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards

* 2010 BMI Award for Original Score for ''

'' Season 2 ( HBO) * 2009 Hollywood Media in Music Award for Best Score for ''

'' ( HBO) * 2009 BMI Award for Original Score for ''

'' ( HBO) * 2006 BMI Award for Music for Film: ''

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References

External links

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